Metal handle for trowels



G. L. CURTISS.

METAL HANDLE FOR TROWELS. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 18. 1920.

1,369,762. Patented Eek 22,1921.

masons trowels of all characters, garden trowels, and other similarimplements.

UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE. I

GEORGE L. CURTIS S, 0F ELANTSVILLE, COhTNECTICUT, ASSIGN'OB TO THESOUTHING- .7

TON HARDWARE 00., 0F 'SOUTHING'ION, CONNECTICUT, AVCORP ORA'IION.

Application filed October 18, 1920. Serial no. 417,724. g,

' theblade and the other end 14. has a bearing f i To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. CURTIss, a citizen of the United States,residing at Plantsville, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Metal Handlesfor Trowels; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawingsand the characters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this application, andrepresent, in- Figure 1, a plan view of a trowel provided with a metalhandle constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig; 2, a side .view of the same. Fig. 3, a side view of the inner endhandle portion detached.

Fig. 4:, an underside view of the same. Fig. 5, a sectional view on'theline 55 of Fig. 1, enlarged. This invention relates to an improvement inmetal-handled trowels, and by the term trowels I wish to be understoodas including of the The object of this invention is to provide atrowelwith a strip metal handle so ar-.

ranged as to give the necessary strength, and the invention consists inthe construction as hereinafter described and particularly recited inthe claim.

In carrying out my invention I'employ a trowel blade 10 of any approveddesign according to the purposes for which it is to be used. The handleis formed from a strip of metal doubled to form a loop grip 11, and theends are brought together to form a shank 12. The end 13 of the upperportion of the strip is riveted to the upper face-of on the face of theblade closely adjacent to Specification of Letters Patent. Pat td Feb 22, 1921'; v

the end 13 and so that the upper and lower portions of the handle standin the same vertical plane. Preferably, and as shown, the

loop handle is corrugated to give strength and to form'a grip handle,and preferably the end will be drawn to form integral studs 15 by whichthe'handle maybe riveted tothe blade or "the end 13' may be punched 1 toform holes for rivets. The strip thus pro vided with integral studs isbent to form the handle and the studsiarepassed; through holes formedfor them in the trowel blade 10 and upset therein so as to firmly rivetthe handle to the blade, or'it may be secured by separately-formedrivets, and when so riveted the end '14 of the handle bears upon theface of the blade just in rear of theriveted end 13, so as to form arigid handle. I am' thus enabled to produce at a very low cost ofmanufacture and in a very simple manner a trowel provided with ametalhandle, the ad vantages, of which over wooden handles are generallyrecognized. 1

I claim:

A trowel provided. with a metal handle,

said handle formed from a strip doubled to form a loop grip, one end ofthe strip" rivet ed to the trowel blade and the other end of the stripbrought to a bearing on the face of the blade adjacent to the rivetedend both portions of thehandle standing in the same vertical plane. V c

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribingwitnesses. i

-GEORGE-L. CURTISS.

Witnesses: v

OLIN B. KiLBoURN,

"ROBERT G. SIMPsoN.

